Canadian unscripted producer Sean Connolly has set up his own production business and tied up a multi-year strategic deal with compatriot firm Great Pacific Media.
20.04.2022 - 20:25 / manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Over 1.5 million people have cancelled Netflix, Disney+ or Amazon Prime subscriptions in the last three months, according to new research. Market research firm Kantar says cancellations have risen to their highest ever level as the cost of living crisis hits homes.
There may be a cheaper way to save on TV costs than cancelling your subscriptions. This is because the biggest cost to watching TV comes from expensive Sky, BT and Virgin Media packages.
It is not possible to cancel a package if you are still in the contract period but if you are coming to the end of your contract there may be a money-saving option that lets you access a number of streaming services and still save hundreds of pounds. It may even be possible to still keep movies, sport and subscriptions to watch TV series while still saving on expensive packages.
The cheapest Sky subscription is £26 per month and you also get Netflix included in that price. That does not get you Sky Cinema, Sky Entertainment and Sky Sports because they are only available on the higher value subscriptions. Overall the cheapest Sky package costs £312 per year. With Sport that rises to £552 per year.
The cheapest Netflix subscription is £71.88 each year, or £5.99 per month. If you cancel Sky that is a saving of £240.12 each year based on the cheapest package and £480 based on the sport package.
BT and Virgin offer other options but around the same price point. Many of their deals include a broadband option but even if you have broadband you can remove the TV packages when your contract is up.
You can then buy a Fire TV stick to ensure you get streaming services such as iPlayer, 4oD and ITV Player on your TV, priced at £30. That means you are paying just over £100 per year to
Canadian unscripted producer Sean Connolly has set up his own production business and tied up a multi-year strategic deal with compatriot firm Great Pacific Media.
Netflix has confirmed Dave Chappelle’s Hollywood Bowl set will not air on the streaming platform.The notorious show, in which the comedian was attacked on stage at this year’s Netflix Is A Joke festival, was not filmed for a special.The streaming giant clarified to The Hollywood Reporter that the omission was not due to the assault, rather that Chappelle had his own cameras and Netflix had no plans to air the footage.Netflix sifted through sets performed by 336 comedians at the festival across 288 shows and 35 venues over the last two weeks in Los Angeles.Forthcoming specials to be released on the streaming platform include Bill Burr Presents: Friends Who Kill, Pete Davidson Presents: The Best Friends and Amy Schumer’s Parental Advisory.Following the Dave Chappelle incident at the Netflix Is A Joke festival, the comedian regained his composure and joked that “it was a trans man” who attacked him in reference to the backlash last year over his stand-up special The Closer, where he described himself as “team TERF” as he spoke on the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling.
Matt Blank, interim CEO of AMC Networks, said the company has “no plans” for ad-supported tiers of its family of targeted streaming services including Shudder, Acorn TV and AMC+.
Nick Vivarelli International CorrespondentA nationwide referendum is to be held in Switzerland on May 15 on a proposed law that would force streamers like Netflix and Amazon Prime Video to re-invest 4% of their local revenues in Swiss film and TV productions.Dubbed “Lex Netflix,” the Swiss law –– which is modeled on European regulations that don’t apply in the country as it’s not part of the E.U. –– is sparking plenty of controversy.“Lex Netflix” is being opposed by Swiss groups of different political stripes who say it goes against the principles of the country’s fiercely free-market economy.
Sky Atlantic's new drama, The Staircase is set to air this week. The eight-part series explores the life of novelist, Michael Peterson and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen whose body was discovered at the bottom of the stairs of the family mansion.
Jennifer Maas TV Business WriterNetflix has ordered a docuseries from Shawn Levy, Vox Media Studios and The Verge about how technology will affect the basic aspects of our lives in the future, Variety has learned exclusively.Titled “The Future Of…,” the show asks: “What if we could look into the future to see how every aspect of our daily lives — from raising pets and house plants to what we eat and how we date — will be impacted by technology?” Per Netflix, “We can, and should, expect more from the future than the dystopia promised in current science fiction. ‘The Future Of…’ will reveal surprising and personal predictions about the rest of our lives — and the lives of generations to come.”The series will be released globally in two batches, with the first six episodes premiering Tuesday, June 21, and the remaining six episodes on Tuesday, June 28.
Dave Chappelle has been attacked by a man during a Netflix stand-up show at the Hollywood Bowl.Footage has surfaced online from last night’s show (May 3) which appears to show a man charging and tackling the comedian.The man was then said to have been dragged away by security, according to The Hollywood Reporter.Following the incident at the Netflix Is A Joke festival, Chappelle regained his composure and joked that “it was a trans man” in reference to the backlash last year over his stand-up special The Closer, where he described himself as “team TERF” as he spoke on the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling.Dave Chappelle just got attacked on stage pic.twitter.com/E4gAfmkPgQ— Hoodville (@Hoodville_) May 4, 2022Here is a video of the aftermath.
It was announced last year that Netflix is working on a That ’70s Show sequel series and now the cast has been confirmed!
It’s been a tough few weeks for Netflix. The streamer lost subscribers for the first time in over a decade and its market value took a battering, losing over $50 billion in one day after its disappointing first quarter earnings.
Alexandra Billings is spilling secrets behind the casting of 2005’s “Transamerica”.
Virgin Media customers can watch Disney+ for the first time on their TV even if it is not a smart TV, the company announced today. The TV provider has launched a box that can be plugged into older TVs that turn them into smart TVs and gives access to streaming services including BBC iPlayer, Netflix and Disney+. It is the first time Disney's streaming service has been made available to customers.
The recent spell of good weather means most people will have reduced the amount of time their heating has been on and taken advantage of the higher temperatures to dry clothes on the washing line, rather than using a tumble dryer or popping them on an airer in front of a radiator.
Persuasion is in the works for Netflix. And we see much lingering eye contact and hand grazing in our future.WATCH: Bridgerton Cast On Edwina And Kate's RelationshipDakota Johnson (50 Shades of Grey) is leading the upcoming period drama as Anne Elliot, the heroine of Jane Austen's final novel.She's joined by Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) in the role of Mr.
There’s No Security (In The Champagne Room), it seems. It sounds like the dancers at Sapphire need to get themselves some barbed-wire jewelry and have their pasties custom-fitted with mace. Because Page Six hears that the strip club has hired Cuba Gooding Jr.
Actress, singer, author, teacher, and HIV activist Alexandra Billings has long been blazing trails. She became one of the first out trans actresses to play a trans role on television, in the 2005 TV prequel “Romy and Michele: In the Beginning.”
Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s Group Effort Initiative has partnered with Netflix on a new initiative that will expand underrepresented communities’ access to below-the-line career opportunities. Participants will secure access to on-set production training, as well as job placements this year on multiple Netflix productions throughout the United States and Canada.
Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterRyan Reynolds and Blake Lively’s company Group Effort Initiative is working with Netflix to hire people from underrepresented communities in film and television production jobs.The partnership, which focuses on below-the-line career opportunities, aims to create training and entry-level job options for marginalized communities in the U.S. and Canada.
arrested in June 2019 following an incident at a Manhattan nightclub, where a 29-year-old woman accused him of squeezing her breast without her consent at Magic Hour Rooftop Bar & Lounge in New York.Following the incident, two more women came forward with allegations of inappropriate touching. The actor was accused of pinching a server’s buttocks after making a sexually suggestive remark to her at TAO Downtown and forcibly touching a woman inappropriately at the LAVO nightclub in 2018.Gooding Jr.